Title:TROOPS ON THE MARCH AND TANK BARRAGE IN THE ARAKAN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MWY 107
Other titles:INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Somewhere in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, troops are seen on the march in dusty conditions, and Sherman tanks fire a barrage.
Description: Indian troops marching along a dusty track with paddy fields behind. There are stationary Sherman tanks, presumably of 19th Lancers, in the paddy field. Stationary Shermans with troops passing. Various shots of static Shermans. Troops with mules pass. Group of officers in discussion with a map spread on the ground. Looking at the map; one officer wears the Ace of Spades patch of 25th Indian Division. Another cine cameraman is present. Looking at map; a captain with 19/6 on his epaulette. Shots of Shermans passing along a narrow track. Six Shermans stationary in a field; they fire their main guns and machine guns. Sherman. Parked signals jeep with Sherman behind. Men pose on a Sherman. More Shermans firing. Smoke rising on a ridge a short distance away. A Sherman; the commander in the turret speaks to someone standing outside, and a cameraman is standing on the rear hull with his Eyemo camera. More of the Sherman firing, from the left side of the tank.
Alternative Title:INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 25th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 19th Lancers (King George V's Own) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
SE 1227 (THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1945)
SE 1228 (THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945)
SE 1229 (THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1945)
SE 1231 (THE BRITISH ARMY IN BURMA 1944)
